Another "Is this a good build?" Thread

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Smititty

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I'll start off with my the specs of my old rig.

Athlon XP 2100+ Thoroughbred
Gigabyte GA-7VAXP Ultra
ATI 9500 Pro
1GB Kingston Value RAM
about 400 GB over 4 HDD
a Lite-On CD burner and a NEC DVD burner

This is what I am planning on buying within a couple weeks.


Antec P180
Opty 165
Asus A8N-Sli Deluxe
7900 GT (I don't know which one yet, I heard one of the brands offers a warranty that's still good even if you put a different cooler on it?)
Antec TPII 550W PSU
Corsair 2GB RAM
74GB WD Raptor
2x WD 250 GB SATA-II WD2500KS

Optional hardware that will probably go into the build would include:
Flash Card Reader in 3.5" Bay
Benq DVD Writer w/ LightScribe
and maybe the Auzentech Xplosion 7.1 I might be hooking up to a reciever later down the road.

Does this seem like a solid build? I'm pretty sure all the hardware plays nicely with each other, but it's always good to get some input.

I've built this system in Newegg's wishlist dealy and it totals to around $1700. Is this a good bang for that kinda buck, or should I look into other hardware?

Thanks for any input in advance,
Smitty
 
Well your old rig is pretty close to my AMD 2200+ rig that I used until I built a new rig about 4 months ago. Your new rig is also nearly identical to the one I built except I used a Opteron170, and an MSI MB.

I must say that you will be very happy with your new setup, as it will be much faster for gaming/intensive apps than your old one. I was plesently surprised when I built mine. You will love that Raptor!

I would get a 120mm fan to put in the front of the P180 for intake. Other than that looks good.
 
Instead of getting two of those 250gb drives I would just get one and then spend the extra money on the Raptor 150 instead of the 74gb one. :D Do it, do it! You KNOW you're a speed freak! :D
 
I'd say that looks like a solid build except I'd probably look for a different set of ram (especially since I'm assuming you're going to OC that opteron).

My suggestion will both save money and perform far better than those corsair sticks:

G.Skill 2x1gb PC4000 DDR500 @ $164

You'll be able to run them at the very least 1:1 @ 250FSB, and people have been able to get them much farther...probably the best bang v. buck out there, especially for overclocking.
 
quadnad said:
I'd say that looks like a solid build except I'd probably look for a different set of ram (especially since I'm assuming you're going to OC that opteron).

My suggestion will both save money and perform far better than those corsair sticks:

G.Skill 2x1gb PC4000 DDR500 @ $164

You'll be able to run them at the very least 1:1 @ 250FSB, and people have been able to get them much farther...probably the best bang v. buck out there, especially for overclocking.
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I'll look into those sticks of RAM. Would the CAS affect performance much or would the speed of the RAM make it negligable?
 
Smititty said:
I'll look into those sticks of RAM. Would the CAS affect performance much or would the speed of the RAM make it negligable?
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Speed > latency
 
Smititty said:
I'll look into those sticks of RAM. Would the CAS affect performance much or would the speed of the RAM make it negligable?
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Definitely negligable. On AMD procs, latency isn't really all that big of a deal because of the memory controller, and being able to run at 250 1:1 guaranteed rather than worrying about the divider all the time is a nice feeling.

They overclock well and hey, they're CHEAP too!

BTW, about which nVidia manufacturer allows aftermarket coolers, that'd be eVGA.

Also, are you seriously considering running SLI in the future?
 
quadnad said:
Definitely negligable. On AMD procs, latency isn't really all that big of a deal because of the memory controller, and being able to run at 250 1:1 guaranteed rather than worrying about the divider all the time is a nice feeling.

They overclock well and hey, they're CHEAP too!

BTW, about which nVidia manufacturer allows aftermarket coolers, that'd be eVGA.

Also, are you seriously considering running SLI in the future?
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An eVGA 7900GT it will be then. SLI... it's a possibility in the future... I'm not a hardcore gamer but I def. want something that can at least give me good performance for games coming out soon that I might pick up including Oblivion of course.
 
Bump... is it me or do people not know how to make threads in the right section?
 
The 7 threads on the first page that have been moved. :)

Hopefully my credit card comes soon. I plan on paying off have my system right away. Then pay the rest off over the summer. Hooray for no interest until December!
 
Smititty said:
The 7 threads on the first page that have been moved. :)

Hopefully my credit card comes soon. I plan on paying off have my system right away. Then pay the rest off over the summer. Hooray for no interest until December!
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hah, enjoy the new system!
 
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